Correlations pivot around Oil

John has another novel outlook in this article where he ruminates that everything appears, with pretty strong correlations, to revolve around oil price.

I do like John's articles in general, and this one in particular as an example of 'his art of writing'. Data and correlation interest me because they help shine a light on how this crazy world, based on finance, works societally at a 'macro level'. John has a particular gift at picking 'needles out of haystacks' and then trying to see what they mean, if anything. He's reasonable, objective and not prone to ideology or dogma. In short, he's a pretty good positive example of an 'old school' journalist.